5 − Mixer

Direct output

A pair of tracks can be routed for direct output through the analog STEREO OUT jacks (and the DIGITAL OUT).

While the above screen is shown, if you use the JOG/DATA dial to select linked or paired tracks (1/2–23/24), the track signal bypasses the mixer and stereo faders and is output directly from the STEREO OUT jacks. Usually this function is OFF.

NOTE

The direct output signal is a track playback signal that does not pass through the mixer channel. EQ, insert effects, the channel fader and the stereo fader all become ineffective.

Sub mixer

The 2488MKII sub mixer facility allows you to add up to eight more inputs (usually on mixdown) to the twenty- four tracks already recorded. These could be inputs from a multi-timbral MIDI device, synchronized using MIDI clock information from the 2488MKII driving a sequencer. The eight inputs from A through H are pressed into service here and they feed a bus that can be routed to the stereo bus (or to the recorder in bounce mix—see “Making a bounce mix” on page 58).

1To assign an input to the sub mixer, while press- ing and holding its INPUT key, press the sub mixer channel’s SELECT key.

2Repeat this process for all inputs to be assigned to the sub mixer.

3While pressing and holding the sub mixer section SELECT key, press the STEREO section’s

SELECT key.

Finally, assign the sub mixer itself to the stereo bus. To see the sub mixer status, press the sub mixer section SELECT key to show the SUB MIXER screen:

This shows the current assignment of inputs to the sub mixer, and the current assignment of the sub mixer output.

You can also adjust the level of the sub mix bus output using the SUB fader in sub mixer section.

NOTE

The 2488MKII has a track bounce function. This function allows you to choose and mix multiple previously recorded track signals and record them to another track (see "Bouncing tracks" on page 58).

When you use this function, the bounce source track signal is sent to the sub mix bus, and this sub mix bus signal is then sent to the bounce destination track.

When using this, the sub mix bus assignment destination is set to REC in the SUB MIXER screen shown above.

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